Lesson Seven: ADULTERY Matthew 5:27-30 LESSON OBJECTIVE: The student demonstrates understanding of the historical and literary meaning of Matthew 5:27-30 and related texts. LESSON INDICATORS: Upon successful completion of this lesson the student: 1. Parses all substantives and verb forms in Matt. 5:27-30. 2. Classifies all subordinate clauses in Matt. 5:27-30. 3. Classifies all sentences in Matt. 5:27-30. 4. Translates by dynamic-equivalent method all sentences in Matt. 5:27-30. 5. Determines the most likely reading of Matt. 5:27-30 where textual variants are listed. 6. Assesses the literary structure of Matt. 5:27-30. 7. Evaluates the exegetical issues in Matt. 5:27-30. 8. Completes the exegetical outline of Matt. 5:27-30. Parse the following: GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS: Ηκου' σατε ε ρρε'θη, Ου µοιχευ' σεις Classify the following subordinate clause(s): ο«τι ε ρρε'θη, Ου µοιχευ' σεις Classify the above sentence in Matt. 5:27: Function: Translate the above sentence in Matt. 5:27 by the dynamic-equivalent method: 1
************************************************************ Parse the following: ε γὼ λε'γω υ µι^ν πα^ς ο βλε'πων γυναι^κα πρὸς τὸ ε πιθυµη^σαι αυ τὴν η»δη ε µοι'χευσεν αυ τὴν ε ν τη,^ καρδι'α, αυ του^ Classify the following subordinate clause(s): ο«τι πα^ς ο βλε'πων γυναι^κα πρὸς τὸ ε πιθυµη^σαι αυ τὴν η»δη ε µοι'χευσεν αυ τὴν ε ν τη,^ καρδι'α, αυ του^ Classify the above sentence in Matt. 5:28: Function: Translate the above sentence in Matt. 5:28 by the dynamic-equivalent method: 2
************************************************************ Parse the following: ο ο φθαλµο' ς ο δεξιὸς σκανδαλι'ζει σε ε»ξελε αυ τὸν βα' λε α πὸ ^ συµφε'ρει σοι α πο' ληται ε ν τω^ ν µελω^ ν ο«λον τὸ σω^ µα' βληθη,^ ει ς γε'ενναν 3
Classify the following subordinate clause(s): ει ο ο φθαλµο' ς ο δεξιὸς σκανδαλι'ζει σε ι«να α πο' ληται ε ν τω^ ν µελω^ ν µὴ ο«λον τὸ σω^ µα' βληθη,^ ει ς γε'ενναν Classify the above sentence in Matt. 5:29: Function: Translate the above sentence in Matt. 5:29 by the dynamic-equivalent method: ************************************************************ Parse the following: η δεξια' χεὶρ σκανδαλι'ζει σε ε»κκοψον αυ τὴν βα' λε α πὸ ^ συµφε'ρει σοι 4
α πο' ληται ε ν τω^ ν µελω^ ν ο«λον τὸ σω^ µα' ει ς γε'ενναν α πε'λθη, Classify the following subordinate clause(s): ει η δεξια' χεὶρ σκανδαλι'ζει σε ι«να α πο' ληται ε ν τω^ ν µελω^ ν µὴ ο«λον τὸ σω^ µα' ει ς γε'ενναν α πε'λθη, Classify the above sentence in Matt. 5:30: Function: Translate the above sentence in Matt. 5:30 by the dynamic-equivalent method: ************************************************************ 5
BLOCK DIAGRAM: (38) 5.27 Ηκου'σατε ο«τι ε ρρε'θη, Ου µοιχευ'σεις. 5.28 δὲ (39) ε γὼ λε'γω υ µι^ν ο«τι πα^ς ο βλε'πων γυναι^κα πρὸς τὸ ε πιθυµη^σαι αυ τὴν 5.29 δὲ ει ο ο φθαλµο'ς ο δεξιὸς σκανδαλι'ζει σε, (40) ε»ξελε αυ τὸν (41) βα'λε α πὸ ^ γα'ρ (42) συµφε'ρει σοι ι«να α πο'ληται ε ν τω^ν µελω^ν µὴ ο«λον τὸ σω^µα' βληθη,^ ει ς γε'ενναν. 5.30 ει η δεξια' χεὶρ σκανδαλι'ζει σε, (43) ε»κκοψον αυ τὴν (44) βα'λε α πὸ ^ η»δη ε µοι'χευσεν αυ τὴν ε ν τη,^ καρδι'α, αυ του^. γα'ρ (45) συµφε'ρει σοι ι«να α πο'ληται ε ν τω^ν µελω^ν ει ς γε'ενναν µὴ ο«λον τὸ σω^µα' α πε'λθη,. 6
Complete the following literary analysis: SEMANTIC DIAGRAM: Semantic Diagram: Conne- Sent Verb Analysis: Other ective Func Tense: Pers: Num: Subject: Links: (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) - (44) (45) Summarize findings, i.e., possible literary patterns, poetical structures et al.: EXEGETICAL ISSUES: 1. Identify the literary role of this pericope in the Sermon on the Mount. Use http://cranfordville.com/sermt-ot.htm. 7
2. Identify the form of the premise statement of Antithesis 2 as apodictic or casuistic. See Appendix Seventeen. Ου µοιχευ' σεις: 3. Compare M e kh d e R. Schimeon 111 to Matt. 5:27-30. Summarize the similarities and differences between the two. 1 M e kh d e R. Schimeon 111. You shall not commit adultery. That means one shall not commit adultery... not even with his eyes and not in his heart. And how is it that the eyes and the heart commit fornication? See Nu. 15:39: That you go not after your heart and your eyes with which you commit fornication. 1 For numerous paralles, both formal and informal, from the rabbinical literature see Strack-Billerbeck, Kommentar zum Neuen Testament 1:298-302. 8
4. Compare Matt. 18:8-9 [//Mk. 9:43-45, 47-48] to Matt. 5:29-30. First, complete a semantic diagram of Matt. 18:8-9; then summarize similarities and differences between the two. 18.8 δὲ ει η χει'ρ η ο που'ς σκανδαλι'ζει σε, (1) ε»κκπψαν αυ τὸν (2) βα'λε α πὸ ^ (3) καλο'ν σοι' ε στιν η (4) ----- --- ----- ει σελθει^ν ει ς τὴν ζωὴν κυλλο'ν η χωλο'ν, δυ'ο χει^ρας η δυ'ο πο'δας ε»χοντα βληθη^ναι ει ς τὸ πυ^ρ το αι ω'νιον. 18.9 ει ο ο'φθαλµο'ς σκανδαλι'ζει σε, (5) ε»ξελε αυ τὸν (6) βα'λε α πὸ ^ (7) καλο'ν σοι' ε στιν η (8) ----- --- ----- µονο'φθαλµον ει ς τὴν ζωὴν ει σελθει^ν, δυ'ο ο φθαλµοὺς ε»χοντα βληθη^ναι ει ς τὴν γε'ενναν του^ πυρο'ς. 9
EXEGETICAL OUTLINE: Complete the following outline according to the guidelines in Appendix Five: I. (38-39) A. (38) B. (39) II. (40-45) A. (40-42) 1. (40-41) 2. (42) B. (43-45) 1. (43-44) 2. (45) 10